Creativity

Creativity is about connecting unseen dots and creating unique solutions to problems (and, of course, getting more of what you want).
It’s, “This could work; let’s try it!” Then, there’s, “That didn’t work, now how about this?“ It still doesn’t work. Well, then, how about this? We continue to try something until we find the answer that works, drops our jaws, gets us where we want to be, and helps other people—whatever we need. We know the answer is correct when the light turns on and stays on.

Edison’s invention is also famous for the difficulty involved in getting it right. But he never gave up—that’s what’s important.

“I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps,” – Thomas Edison. 

The lesson is always the same…courage, dear heart. Keep trying for the sake of hope…. and keep going for the sake of faith which moves mountains.  For this reason, they say we create our lives. We do this through a series of actions that lead to an end result. This explains how we got here and how we will get to any place in the future; we build it for ourselves! We are storytellers, building our storylines, plots, and endings. Yes, and just like that, we create our stories. So, we ask ourselves: What is the end goal?

To create a great life for ourselves is no mystery—it’s a process! We discover our passions, learn how to become financially independent, form meaningful relationships, and make critical decisions based on what we know is the right choice. You can create what you want with an idea, hard work, and, most importantly, know-how. 

Ok, be patient here, I am going to go on a creative tangent:

Jurassic Park is an adventure. Yes, it’s creative work, you’d say. Yes, it’s a piece of fiction. Dinosaurs in an amusement park – and in our kitchens. Like Harry Potter on his Broomstick or Katniss Everdeen fighting for her life in a violent competition, Jurassic Park is an outlandish, extraordinary, and somewhat absurd tale about humans in a land where dinosaurs are brought back from extinction. It’s a made-up concept, involving genetic research, contemplating the impossible, and combining it all in a formula designed for entertainment. The work consists of asking questions we would never think of….That’s how we get there.

“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers” – Voltaire.

Think: What kinds of curious questions might the creator ask?

What on earth is that sound? A roaring? *Sniffs *Sniffs, What does that smell like? Dinosaur shit! Oh no! Dinosaur shit? What dinosaurs sound and smell like is a creative question the writer might have asked himself while writing his book. Whatever it was might also have smelled like a lot of money, and “what smells like a lot of money” is a brilliant financial question. We create our financial destiny by working hard and solving problems.  We develop novel ways of solving problems and become rich through our creations.

When we read a great story, we want more. It is suspenseful, scientific, magical, mysterious, scary, romantic, and brilliant. Michael Crichton took his knowledge of dinosaurs, genetics, cloning, and people and created something.

We’re always changed by a work of human creation. What do we want to create, after all? What do we want to create with our power? 

We should work smarter and harder to keep our personal lightbulb on. When we do, we illuminate ourselves.

Just what do we envision creativity to be, after all? Is it boundless energy from someone working tirelessly on a project? Is it the human brain, illuminated? Is it a great mind succeeding? How about a rare flow state, and colours symbolically bursting out from someone? Is that what we envision? What about creativity makes us feel alive?

How about a new theory, a new song, a new piece of literature, and a new solution to a problem?  It is everything, after all, when we create our lives. We are people who seek to enrich and fulfil. We grow rich with the power of creation.